Latin's Riches

In 2011, A.J. Burnett, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, displayed the Latin phrase “Fortius Quo Fidelius,” or “strength through loyalty,” tattooed on his arm.

By Willis G. Regier

To secure his appointment as cantor
in Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach had to take an examination
conducted in Latin. To the glory of the ages, he passed. In Latin:
Story of a World Language, recently published in translation by
Harvard University Press, Jürgen Leonhardt recalls that event to
illustrate the status of Latin in German education in 1723—a status
fast slipping away.